MRes Translational Biomedical Research

Mohan Balasubramanian Professor Molecular mechanisms regulating eukaryotic cytokinesis	Andrew McAinsh Professor and Pro Dean (Research) How cells ensure error-free chromosome segregation	Karuna Sampath Professor Development and differentiation of embryonic progenitors and adult stem cells, and the molecular mechanisms underlying these processes	Timothy Saunders Professor Deciphering the biochemical and biomechanical processes that shape organs
Robert Cross Professor and Director, Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology The force generating mechanisms of kinesins and microtubules	Anne Straube Professor and Head of Division of Biomedical Sciences Mechanisms that generate specific microtubule arrays in polarised cells	Masanori Mishima Associate Professor The mechanism of cytokinesis	Stephen Royle Professor Mitosis and membrane trafficking
Andrew Bowman Associate Professor How eukaryotic DNA is packaged and organised within the cell	Michael Smutny Associate Professor The crosstalk between cell and tissue-scale mechanics and biochemical signalling to regulate developmental programs and cellular mechanisms in the embryo	Aparna Ratheesh Assistant Professor How migrating cells talk to their immediate and distant neighbours using both chemical and mechanial signals	Satyajit Mayor Professor Membrane organisation and dynamics at cellular interfaces
Jan Brosens Professor The development of new tests and therapies to prevent implantation failure and miscarriage	Andrew Blanks Professor The mechanisms of reproduction in mammals	Siobhan Quenby Professor Understanding and preventing pregnancy loss	Erin Greaves Associate Professor Investigating disease mechanisms in the chronic inflammatory disorder endometriosis
Geraldine Hartshorne Professor and Scientific Director of the Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UHCW Indicators of oocyte and embryo development	Wolfram Gruhn Assistant Professor Investigating the molecular mechanisms promoting human germline development	Alexiane Decout Assistant Professor Investigating the role of the innate immune system and host-microbiota interactions in women’s reproductive health disorders.	Meera Unnikrishnan Associate Professor Understanding how bacteria invade and survive our host defence systems
Nick Waterfield Professor Understanding the molecular mechanisms and ultimately exploiting natural bacterial toxin systems for biotechnology purposes	John James Associate Professor How the cells of our immune system are capable of discriminating between healthy and infected cells	Martin Davey Associate Professor The use of cutting-edge techniques to explore the role of unconventional T cells in the immune surveillance of the human body	Nicole Robb Associate Professor Replication, detection and diagnosis of RNA viruses
Samuel Dean Assistant Professor Understanding flagellum function in protozoan parasites and humans	Craig Thompson Assistant Professor Viral evolution, pathogenesis and vaccine development	Michael Lewis Associate Professor How the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease	Robert Dallmann Associate Professor The interplay between circadian clocks, diseases and pharmacotherapy
Claire Bastie Associate Professor The molecular basis of obesity and diabetes	Thomas Barber Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist The impact of human metabolism on development of obesity and strategies to prevent and manage obesity and diabetes	David Spanswick Professor Mechanisms by which neuroendocrine, autonomic and behavioural responses to disturbances in energy levels are integrated.	Sascha Ott Professor Director Bioinformatics RTP Gene regulatory networks, regulatory sequence analysis, multi-omic and single-cell data analysis
Dimitris Grammatopoulos Professor Stress hormones and homeostatic adaptive responses in feto-maternal pathophysiology	Sebastien Perrier Professor and Monash-Warwick Chair in Polymer Chemistry (Joint appointment with Department of Chemistry) The development of novel materials for medical application	Harpal Randeva Senior Clinical Lecturer Metabolic and endocrine diseases, including obesity, diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome in women, and their related heart problems	Tarvinder Dhanjal Professor Cardiac arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia; ablation, complex mapping technologies
Dr Petra Hanson	Matthew Seah	Dr Xuming Zhang	Dr Margarida Castro Gomes Spencer